'Loch Ness' eel frightens tourist.
A monster eel, which is believed to have taken up residence at a Warburton trout farm, east of Melbourne, has reportedly been sighted this morning.
The eel, which is said to be at least three metres long with a head the size of a football, has been scaring fishermen at Tommy Finn's trout farm.
Farm manager Gary Wales says an Irish tourist got the fright of his life when he encountered the eel early this morning.
"Next thing he's banging on me bloody wall on the door of the house, banging, saying 'Gary, Gary I've seen it'. So I flew out of bed right, I said 'how big is it mate?' He said 'big as my bloody car'," he said.
The operators of a trout farm are offering a $1000 reward to anyone who catches what has been described as Melbourne's own Loch Ness monster.
It is believed the eel washed into the farm's ponds during this month's record breaking storms.
23/02/2005. ABC News Online
The eel, which is said to be at least three metres long with a head the size of a football, has been scaring fishermen at Tommy Finn's trout farm.
Farm manager Gary Wales says an Irish tourist got the fright of his life when he encountered the eel early this morning.
"Next thing he's banging on me bloody wall on the door of the house, banging, saying 'Gary, Gary I've seen it'. So I flew out of bed right, I said 'how big is it mate?' He said 'big as my bloody car'," he said.
The operators of a trout farm are offering a $1000 reward to anyone who catches what has been described as Melbourne's own Loch Ness monster.
It is believed the eel washed into the farm's ponds during this month's record breaking storms.
23/02/2005. ABC News Online
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